Handle for table cutlery



(No Model.)

W. T. DECKER. HANDLE FOR TABLE GUTLERY.

No. 433,276. Patented July 29, 1890.

WITNESSES: IN VENTOR 5 B y Mall/WW UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM T. DECKER, OF ROOKPORT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANCIS AUSTINCROOKER, OF LESLIE RUN, PENNSYLVANIA.

HANDLE FOR TABLE CUTLERY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,276, dated July29,1890.

Application filed October 25, 1889. Serial No. 328,157. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM T. DECKER, of Rockport, in the county ofCarbon and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in llandles of Spoons, Forks, and other Articles for Tableor other Use, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention, although here only shown as more especially applied 'tothe handles of spoons, is equally applicable to the handles of forks,stirrers, mixers, ladles, and other like articles for table, culinary,and other uses.

My invention consists in the construction I5 and arrangement of parts,hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a View in perspective of a spoon having the guard in one ofits forms applied to the handle thereof. Fig. 2 is a perspective view ofa similar handle, in part, with my guard in another of its forms appliedthereto; and Fig. 3 an inverted plan or under View of the same. Fig. 4is a perspective view of another form of the guard applied, and Fig. 5 asectional view of the same on the line 5 5 in Fig. 4.

The guard in each case is in the form of a lip or hook applied to theunder side of the handle at a suitable distance from its outer end. Morethan one of such guards, if de- 3 5 sired, may be used on the samehandle. Said guard may either be of a hinged construction, or adjustableand swiveling on the handle, as will be more fully explained byreference to the several figures of the drawings.

A indicates the handle of the spoon, fork, or other article to which theguard B is ap plied upon the under side of the handle at a suitabledistance from its outer end, said guard being of a finger-piece or hookshape, facing forward to catch on the margin of the Vessel. in which thearticle is used, and so prevent the article from sliding orslippingwholly down into the contents of the vessel when left in thelatter; also, to form a gripping device for the finger of the hand usedin manipulat- 5o ing the article.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings the guard B is in the form of a plate-likehinged hook cast on or otherwise suitably affixed to the under side ofthe handle A, said guard closing up in front against the handle when notin use, as shown by dot-ted lines, and which will facilitate packingduring transportation or storing away. Said guard is constructed so asto restrain it from closing backward.

In Figs. 2 and 3 the guard B is cast or otherwise attached in aswiveling manner, as by a pivot b, to the handle A, the swiveling motionbeing restricted, as by stops 0 c. This form of the guard allows for aproper amount or distance of play of the guard to accommodate itself tothe acute angle made by the finger while holding the article to eatwith.

Figs. 4 and 5 show a form of hinged guard B, analogous to that shown inFig. 1, but of a cheaper, open,wire-like construction, attached by eyesformed by turned-over portions of stamped out portions of the metal ofthe handle.

Having thus described Inyinven tion, I claim 7 5 as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. The co1nbination, with a handle, of apivoted hook on the under side thereof, substantially as set forth.

2. In handles of spoons, forks, and other table or culinary and otherarticles, a hinged guard or hook applied to the under side of the handlein advance of the back or outer end of it and adapted to close in frontup 85 against the handle. essentially as described.

\VILLIAM T. DECKER.

\Vitnesses:

O. M. DRIG es, DANIEL HEIMBACH.

